Council tax bands in Shropshire (2026/27)

Shropshire is the billing authority for Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Market Drayton and the surrounding areas, so the bands and charges on this page apply to homes in all of those places.

Shropshire council tax charges for 2026/27

Every band pays a fixed statutory fraction of the Band D charge, shown in the multiplier column. Bands in Shropshireare based on each home's value on 1 April 1991.

Figures are for the 2026/27 council tax year and cover the Shropshire area including precepts. Parish and town council precepts vary within some districts, so bills in some parishes differ slightly from the figures shown.

How Shropshire compares

At £2,528.18, Band D in Shropshire is the 5th highest of the 30 councils in the West Midlands and the 76th highest of the 296 councils in England. Its 2026/27 rise of 9.0% is above the median rise of 5.1% across the 30 councils in the West Midlands.

Rankings and medians are our calculations from the official 2026/27 figures listed under Sources below, comparing English councils with each other because charges are not like for like across the three nations.

Paying Shropshire council tax

Shropshireissues bills in March for the year starting 1 April. The default is 10 monthly instalments from April to January, and you have the right to ask for 12 instead, which lowers each payment without changing the total. Most people pay by direct debit through the council's own website; the bill also carries the reference for paying at a bank, Post Office or PayPoint. If you live alone, the 25% single person discount is claimed from the council itself, not through a band challenge, and can be backdated.

To see what your own band costs per month here, use the Shropshire council tax calculator; for every discount and exemption, see our guide to council tax discounts and exemptions. If the bill looks high for the size of home, the cheapest fix is a band check: challenging is free through gov.uk.

Which bands are homes in Shropshire in?

Band B is the most common council tax band in Shropshire, covering 38,870 of the 152,270 dwellings recorded in 2025. 43.5% of homes in Shropshire are in Bands A and B, against 43.2% across England, and the most common band here, Band B, is one band higher than across England as a whole (Band A).

Counts come from the VOA stock of properties release (2025) and are rounded to the nearest 10.

Challenge your council tax band in Shropshire

Every home in Shropshire is banded by its open market value on 1 April 1991, and most bands have never been individually rechecked since. Challenging your band with the Valuation Office (VO), part of HMRC since April 2026 and still widely called the VOA, is free through gov.uk. There are two routes: an informal band review, where you send the VOA evidence, or a formal proposal, available in certain circumstances such as within 6 months of becoming the taxpayer.

The odds are better than most people expect. Of 39,590 challenges resolved by the VOA in England and Wales in the year to March 2024, 10,530 (27%) moved to a lower band and only 30 (0.08%) moved up. Our step-by-step challenge guide covers the evidence rules, and the appeals guide explains what happens if the VOA says no.

Not sure yet? Our checklist for spotting a wrong council tax band runs through the free checks first, and our breakdown of council tax band A to H costs shows what each band pays on average.

Council Tax Challenger is independent and not affiliated with the VOA, the Scottish Assessors, or any government body. The official challenge is always free.